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Notice to the Profession and Public - Suspension of Appeal Conferences and Judicial Dispute Resolutions as of January 1, 2026

Dec 17, 2025

Effective January 1, 2026, the Court of Appeal of Alberta will suspend both the Appeal Conference (AC) and the Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) pilot projects. ACs and JDRs will not be scheduled after that date. This change follows the one recently made by the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta with the launch of its Family Focused Protocol.

This suspension affects the following Notices to the Profession and Public which were issued on August 14, 2020:

Ritu Khullar
Chief Justice of Alberta